Lou Geremia
Chief Executive Officer |
After the Bankrate.com acquisition of NetQuote in July 2010, Lou was promoted to lead Bankrate's combined insurance channel (including both NetQuote & InsureMe) as CEO. Lou started with InsureMe in 2008 as the Chief Revenue Officer before his promotion to CEO in January 2009.
Prior to InsureMe, Lou was co-founder and President of Insurance.com which was started with Fidelity Investments in 1999 and sold to ComparisonMarket in 2003. After the sale, ComparisonMarket was renamed Insurance.com and became the nation's largest online auto insurance agency having sold over 800,000 policies. Lou served as President of Insurance.com and then as a Director managing all external partnerships. Prior to Insurance.com, Lou worked on developing new businesses at Fidelity Investments launching a mortgage program with GMAC. He also worked as an SVP at Banc One establishing new affinity programs for major financial institutions.
Lou graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Colby College with a dual major B.A. in business and classics. He later received an MBA from Carnegie Mellon’s Tepper business school.
Bethany Baer
Chief Information Officer |
Bethany joined Bankrate Insurance in 2011 with an invaluable background of experience for heading up the Bankrate Insurance technology development. Bethany came to the company as it acquired Insweb, and leads all efforts to develop new products and maintain leadership in the insurance lead generation industry.
Prior to Bankrate Insurance, Bethany was vice president, group manager, for Orbitz Worldwide, the leading global online travel company. She worked for Orbitz and companies it acquired since 2002. Before Orbitz, Bethany worked for IBM and Navidec. She studied Mechanical Engineering at Bradley University and holds a project management certification from the American Management Association.
Tom Shriver
Vice President of National Sales
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As vice president of the National Sales Group for Bankrate Insurance, Tom is responsible for managing relationships with all national insurance carriers as well as large insurance agency accounts. He oversees a group of sales representatives as well as personnel servicing these accounts.
Tom has been involved with the insurance industry for over 20 years. He worked with the Farmers Insurance Group in both the corporate office and in the field as a district manager. During his tenure with Farmers he managed the marketing department for a five state region and also ran a district operation in both North Dakota and Colorado. He then joined NetQuote (a Bankrate Insurance company) in 2006 to develop the national sales program. He became vice president in 2008.
Tom has a BA in Business Administration from the University of Minnesota-Moorhead. In his spare time, he is an avid golfer and enjoys coaching his son’s baseball team.
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